Cuff button



June 16, 1925. 1,542,325

l L. SAMUELS CUFF BTTON Filed July 24, 1924 Patented June 16, l925. l y A y y ori N Y',

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e 1,542,325wir primary objectr'of theinventiion f is` tol pro#l videabutt-nl whichl isf'of simplified construction and wherein ith'e heado'fthe'male member has a* two-point" engagement y with th'ei'female member, jto thusiincrease the effectivenessfiof theloclring actionl y y Ai still further objectbf the invention, 1s tok provide' a button lwherein the parts are compactly relatedandbutione latchoperaL tor, is employed,l thereby "to enable" the., Vbutton-1 tobelmoreeasilly placed in the" cuff'.

yThe invention still *further `aimsffto pro#A vide 'a 'simplified forinbf 'latchf fai'id "tensioning=1spring thereforandtoA also reduce the number ofparts;

with the abovaana other Object irnwiewg as `will belater -hereinpointed ont'and manifested in the course of the following descrip:-Vv

tion, the'invention resides in`V vthe" structure and combination of the` parts, f now to be more fully describedfand later l'clarmedaf f In thepdrawings-` K Figure'l is `a sideelev'ation, partly broken away and in section, showing the-"assembled button;

Figure 2 ure l,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the latch, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the spring.`

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a pair of members are employed the male member having an outer head l and an inner head 2 connected by a shank 3, while the female member has a is a section on'lineof Fig? f similar outer head 4, and an inner head 5 connected by a hollow shank 6. t

The male member has a stud 7 projectlng outwardly from its inner head 2, the stud having a circular part 8 and a head 9 spaced from the circular part to form a groove 1( The inner head 5 of the female member 1s formed in its outer face with a circular re cess or opening 11, in Ywhich the circular part 8 is conformably received, whlle the head 9 projects within Vthe interior of the hollow shank 6. A latch plate 12 is slidably fingers* 17 *v'vlii'chl l prj'ect through the' open'v-v i ings'l 'of the-latchpllate and; engage the "ade f jacent lwall resultant from the formation Aof ,the openh'gsfso as to tension the latch" plate From the foregoingitH will4 Ebeapparenti thatby merely forcingfthehead 9int'o en gageneni with the latch plate; the latterwill be moved againstf the "action of the i spring to Vallbw'thehead'y to'. pass the latch, where4 1 uponthe lateh willl be "moved bythe spring to 'latching engagement' Ywith the 'st'udf In this5po'si`tinbf 'thefparts,l `the circular partA or abutmentSifw'ill seat inthe opening Y11 andlwill afford af'twdpoint engagement of the parts,""the latch itself l affording the second point." i

By virtue of butl one finger i grip `rbeing employed," 'the button may be moreeasily and' conveniently' applied `to the cuff. vIt

will; be further seen" that :but tw`o"movable y parts are employed, namely fthe'springand the latch and that a very strohgand service- V ablespring#l is provided which latter isr housed by the shank of the female member, and accordingly may be made large and of durable size.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a cuff button, a male member having f connected inner and outer heads, a stud carried by the inner head` and having a circular part and a head spaced therefrom, a female member having an inner and an outer head and a hollow shank connecting the latter heads, the inner head of the female member having an opening in its outer face to receive said circular part of the stud, a latch plate slidable in the head of the female member and having opposed arms to embrace the stud and to engage `between the head and said circular part thereof, said latch plate having a single operating part projecting outwardly beyond the inner head of the female member and a substantially i U-shaped plate spring in the hollow shank of the female member having fingers en gaged with the latch plate to normally hold the arms of the latch plate'in latching engagement with the stud..

2. In a cuff button, a male and a female member, each having connected inner and outer heads, a stud carried by the male member and having a head and a part of greater diameter than that of the stud projecting outwardly from the inner head of t-he male member, said inner heads of the members being formed to abut and the outer faceof the inner head of the female member being formed with an opening to receive the said part of the stud, and latching means for the stud carried by the female member.

3. In a cuff button, a male member having a stud, and a female member formed to receive the stud and having a hollow shank, a latch for the stud carried by the female member, and a substantially U-shaped spring for tensioning the latch disposed in said hollow shank, and formed to receive the outer end of the stud therein.

4. In a cuff button, a male member having a stud, and a female member formed to receive the stud and having a. hollow shank, a Alatch for the stud carried by the female member, and a substantially U-shaped spring for tensioning the latch disposed in said hollow shank, and having its arms engaged with the walls of the shank so as to have outward movement thereof restricted by said walls.

5. In a cuff button, a male memberhaving a stud, and a female member fo-rmed to receive the stud and having a hollowV shank,

a latch for the stud carried by the female member, and a substantially U-shaped spring for tensioning the latch disposed in said hollow shank, said spring having its arms engaged with the walls of the shank so as to have outward movement thereof restricted by said walls, said latch having an apertured part and the free end of one of the arms of the spring being engaged in the apertured part so as to tension the latch.

6. In a cuff button, a male member having a stud, and a female member formed to receive the stud and having a hollow shank, a latch for the stud carried by the female member, and a substantially U-shaped spring for tensioning the latch disposed in said hollow shank, said latch having an apertured part and one of the arms of the spring having fingers engaged in said apertured part.

7. In a cuff button, a male member having a stud, and a female member having a head formed to receive the stud, a slidable latch in the female member having an apertured part, and a U-shaped spring disposed at sub .stantially right angles to the plane of the latch and having one arm thereof engaged in the apertured part.

8. In a cuff button, a male member having a stud, anda female member having a head formed to receive the stud, a slidable latch in the female member, and a spring formed independent of the latch and disposed at substantially right angles to the latch and having an arm engaged with the latch.

9. In a cuff button, a male member having a stud, and a female member formed to receive the stud and having a hollow shank, a latch for the stud carried by the' female member, and a spring in the shank formed independent of the latch and disposed at substantially right angles to the latch to tension same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LESSER R. SAMUELS. Witnesses P. A. SIMON, LEON WoRMs. 

